Parcel carrier



July 24, '1934. 11 QBERG 1,967,560

PARCEL CARRIER Filed NOV. 25, 1933 Inventor Attorney Patented July 24,1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I 1 Claim.

arrangemen of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully escribed,illustrated in the accompanying 6 ing and specifically pointed out inthe appen claim.

In descr 1g the invention in detail, reference will be to theaccompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the device in open position.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view showing the hook member located in theslot in the handle member.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view through Figure 1.

In this drawing, the numeral 1 indicates the handle part of the devicewhich is of such a shape as to readily lit the hand of the user and thishandle part is provided with a slot or groove 2 which opens out throughthe under side thereof and extends from a point adjacent one end of thehandle part to a point slightly beyond the middle of the handle part. Apin 3 passes through the middle part of the handle member and through aportion of the slot or groove and receives the eye 4 formed in thecarrying member 5. This carrying member 5 is formed of a length ofspring wire bent upon itself to form the eye 4 from which extends theshanks 6, one of these shanks terminating in a long curved hook 7, whilethe other terminates in an inclined part 8, the extremities of theseparts 7 and 8 being rolled, as shown at 9, and they abut each other, asshown. The shanks 6 are flattened to provide the thin portions 10 sothat these parts can be readily bent to space the rounded or rolledportions 9 apart to permit a string or the like to pass between them.After the pressure is removed, the parts will spring back to contactingrelation.

Thus it will be seen that when the device is not in use, the carryingpart 5 can be pushed into the. slot orgroove 2 and then the device canbe placed in a pocket or in a purse or the like and it will occupy butlittle room. When the device is to be put into use, the carrying part 5is pulled out of the slot and into the position it occupies in Figures 1and 3, so that a string or the like which passes around a package orparcel can be placed in the hook 7, which will permit the parcel orpackage to be readily carried by one hand of the user grasping thehandle part 1. The string or other part of a parcel or the like can bereadily slipped between the ends 9 when the parts are sprung sidewiseand the shape of the parts prevents the parcel being accidentallydislodged from the hook. As will be seen, there are no sharp points orprojections to damage the hand or clothing when in use or the pocket orpurse when collapsed.

This device can be used as a carrier for stringwrapped parcels, shoppingbags, cord handles, cans with wire looped handles, pails with wire bailsand other articles porvided with strings or parts which can be supportedby the member 5.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction andin the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided thatsuch changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

In combination with a handle having a groove therein opening out throughthe lower part of the handle, a pivot pin passing through the handle andthrough the inner end of the groove, a carrying member formed of asingle piece of spring wire and bent upon itself to form a pair ofshanks with an eye at the junction of the shankssaid eye receiving aportion of the pivot pin, the lower end of one shank being curved toprovide a curved hook having its extremity rolled inwardly, the othershank having its lower end bent outwardly and downwardly with theextremity rolled inwardly, the two rolled parts normally contacting eachother, the resiliency of the wire permitting the contacting parts to beseparated to permit a cord or the like to be passed into the hook orremoved therefrom, and each shank having a thin part for increasing theresiliency at said thin part.

AXEL THEODORE OBERG.

